And the head of the International Olympic committee calls off a visit to japan but the organsiers insist the tokyo games will go ahead. Several events to bring you from israel. First israel has carried out air strikes on gaza, hours after rockets were fired from the territory towards jerusalem. It comes on a day of intense violence between palestinians and Israeli Police at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound which is one of the most sensitive sites injerusalem. In the past few minutes, these pictures have come into the newsroom. This is a free thats caught fire outside the Al Aqsa Mosque. Its unclear how it started. This is a fire. Tom bateman joins me from jerusalem. Tom, what do you know about this fire . ,. , tom, what do you know about this fire . ,. ,. ,. , tom, what do you know about this fire . ,. ,. , fire . Its not clear, as you say, how that fire . Its not clear, as you say, how that fire fire . Its not clear, as you say, how that fire began. Fire . Its not clear, as you say, how
good everybody, from msnbc world headquarters in new york, i m lindsey reiser in for alex witt. breaking news developing drama playing out over the skies of the carolinas, just a short time ago we received this video. residents say is that alleged chinese spy ballooned flying over the skies, over asheville, north carolina. floating eastwards toward the atlantic ocean. more video in our news room just a short time ago shows that over clover, south carolina, that s a neighboring city of charlotte, north carolina. president biden responded to a question about, it listen closely. joining me right now is nbc news investigative report there, dan. you can sort of make it out there, the u.s. president saying he is going to take care. but what do you take that to mean, any word from officials about these latest sightings? well that does seem to suggest that the u.s. is prepared to shoot down at the boulogne, given that it s now approaching the atlantic ocean, that could presen
washington has accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected over the united states. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says the balloon is a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. however, us defence officials argue the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days in the western us, was a high altitude surveillance device. our security correspondent, gordon correra reports. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right, i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it seemed so brazen and just so insane to me, it wasjust, like, this thing is so visible. and it s now sparked a major diplomatic row. the chine
plus, an alarming new claim from former republican congressman about a call that came from the white house during the capitol attack. and also ahead, the top republican in the house unveils the gop agenda if they win in november. but the plan is being slammed and focused more on talking points than substance. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, september 26th. thank you for starting your day with us. we start with a new interview by republican congresswoman liz cheney over the weekend. the wyoming representative who lost her re-election bid in a bitter primary battle last month says she ll do whatever it takes to keep former president donald trump from taking back the white house in 2024. and that includes campaigning for democrats and leaving the republican party if necessary. we cannot afford to be a society where we re tearing each other apart. think about what the leaders say about american democracy. they say our elections can t really they don
intensifies his nuclear rhetoric amid a faltering military campaign in ukraine. the biden administration says it has told russia privately exactly what the consequences would be for using a nuclear weapon. we ll have the very latest on that. plus, a head turning new revelation concerning the attack on the capitol. what a former adviser to the january 6th committee says about a phone call between the trump white house and a rioter while the attack was underway. also this morning, tropical storm ian has just strengthened into a category 1 hurricane as it continues its track toward cuba and florida. we re watching that. and it is just six weeks until voters decide the balance of power in congress. we ll tell you where things stand this morning and what s in play. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, september 26th. we begin with the new polling from the new york times that shows 54% believe donald trump threatened american democracy when he left office. 51